At EU level, only 17% of small companies use artificial intelligence.

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• The figure refers to 2025 data (Eurostat ICT usage in enterprises survey, published in December 2025), which was available before the session date of 2026-07-07.
• For context, in the same survey 30.36% of medium enterprises and 55.03% of large enterprises used AI, and 19.95% of all EU enterprises with 10+ employees used AI.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat — Statistics Explained: Use of artificial intelligence in enterprisesIn 2025, 17% of small enterprises, 30.36% of medium enterprises and 55.03% of large enterprises used AI. In 2025, 19.95% of EU enterprises used AI technologies.
• PrimaryEurostat — News release: 20% of EU enterprises use AI technologiesIn 2025, 20.0% of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees used artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to conduct their business.